Employer Starting Wage
Campus Area Bus Service 20.10
Dublin City Schools 21.23
Michigan State University 21.84
Central Ohio Contractors 22.00
Universal Transportation Systems 22.00
Columbus City Schools 22.15
Regional Transit Authority (Cleveland) 22.96
Baxter 24.61
Caldo Concrete 25.00
Top Coat Concrete 25.00
Urban Express 25.00
Worthington City Schools 25.31
University of Michigan 25.59
City of Columbus Refuse Collection 25.79
Redwey Transport 26.44
H&S Asphalt 27.00
University of Illinois 27.24
Waste Management 27.25
Apache Logistics 27.40
Central Ohio Transit Authority 27.59
Jones Topsoil 28.48
Anderson Concrete Corp 29.32



According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the mean hourly wage for transit and intercity bus drivers in Ohio is $27.31, and $21.10 for school bus drivers in Ohio. Note that the vast majority of Ohio has lower costs of living than Columbus.